Saint-Julien-sur-Cher

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Romorantinais et du Monestois · INSEE 41218

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Julien-sur-Cher (INSEE 41218) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Romorantinais et du Monestois. Population 742 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 16,111 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.83
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JULIEN-SUR-CHER). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LE MIROIR D'ALEXANDRA). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JULIEN-SUR-CHER	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	LE MIROIR D'ALEXANDRA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 403 peak 2017: 768 2023: 742 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 760 (2012) → 742 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 742 (2023): 18.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 411, of which 9.2 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.3 km NGP — 1.3 km NPharmacy — 1.3 km NBakery — 4.0 km E Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Langon-sur-Cher): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villefranche-sur-Cher): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefranche-sur-Cher): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villefranche-sur-Cher): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Julien-sur-Cher): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20

Days at or below 0 °C 67.3

Muggy days a summer 1.3

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROMORANTIN weather station, 7.8 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROMORANTIN, 7.8 km away at 83 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 732 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MENNETOU, 7.7 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41280
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41218
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Firmin-des-Prés	41	80 km NW	744	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fleury-la-Montagne	71	215 km SE	726	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Soulignonne	17	258 km SW	752	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Sinard	38	396 km SE	724	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Moulière	86	116 km SW	723	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Desingy	74	345 km SE	764	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Firmin-des-Prés	41	80 km NW	744	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Moulière	86	116 km SW	723	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury-la-Montagne	71	215 km SE	726	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Soulignonne	17	258 km SW	752	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Desingy	74	345 km SE	764	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sinard	38	396 km SE	724	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Saint-Julien-sur-Cher's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Firmin-des-Prés	41	80 km NW	744	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fleury-la-Montagne	71	215 km SE	726	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Moulière	86	116 km SW	723	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Desingy	74	345 km SE	764	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pont	03	170 km SE	689	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bény	01	288 km E	777	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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